The Journey Continues: Dirty Feet
"He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, 'Lord, do you wash my feet?' Jesus answered him, 'What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.' Peter said to him, 'You shall never wash my feet.' Jesus answered him, 'If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.' Simon Peter said to him, 'Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!' Jesus said to him, 'The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean...'” - John 13:6-10, ESV Growing up in a Presbyterian congregation, the confession of sins often felt like a brief part of the service*. It wasn't until I began attending Lutheran worship that I came to appreciate how confession and absolution restore the joy of fellowship with God and comfort troubled consciences. For me, I saw it much like Jesus' washing of the disciples' feet in the Upper Room, especially as headstrong Pete...
